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US Withdrawal from Kyoto Protocol Increases Global Climate Policy Costs.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
On the Consequences of the US Withdrawal from the Kyoto/Bonn Protocol
B. Büchner, Carlo Carraro, Igor Cersosimo

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